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November 5, 2023
Le Grand Bornand, in the Aravis, part of the Annecy Mountains region is a skier’s delight, but it’s also an absolutely fabulous summer destination. You’ll discover a vibrant little town, with plenty of shops, bars and restaurants plus a plethora of activities including fantastic hiking and biking routes, as well as culture and heritage, set against …<p class="read-more"> <a class="" href="https://thegoodlifefrance.com/what-to-see-and-do-in-le-grand...
June 13, 2023
Our slow travel expert takes the off-peak train, discovering along the way that the cross-border ‘express’ train is actually delightfully slow
April 19, 2023
In 1944, Pierre Julien Ortiz parachuted into occupied France, where the Gestapo offered a reward of half a million francs for his capture
January 12, 2023
An abandoned gravel track up the Col du Galibier traces the original route used by Tour heroes of the early 1900s
July 25, 2022
From Roglics crash to the Pyrenean power play, we dissect a spectacular edition of the Grande Boucle
June 19, 2022
Quintana finishes seventh in pre-Tour tune-up: 'Nairo showed he was already in the mix with two weeks to go before the Tour de France'
March 20, 2022
The story of Alphonse Steinès night on the Tourmalet and the telegram he subsequently sent to Henri Desgrange has gone down in legend. Remarkably, there was no telegram, and much of what is said about Steinès’s night on the mountain is a fiction.